BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261110T161543Z - 62235@eu652a.odoo.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260419T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260419T213000 CREATED:20261110T161543Z DESCRIPTION:The Story of Coffee\nOverview ⏱️Schedule: Doors 18:30 → T alk 19:00→ Q&A → Mingle We drink it every day\, build our routines aro und it\, and many of us can’t start the morning without it – but most of us have very little idea what’s actually in our cup. In this live sto rytelling session\, audio journalist James Harper takes us on a fast-paced journey through the full story of coffee: from wild plants in Ethiopian f orests to colonial plantations\, from radical coffee houses to global bran ds\, and into an uncertain\, climate-shaken future. Over one hour\, we’l l follow coffee as it moves across continents and centuries – fuelling e mpires\, revolutions\, artistic scenes and office culture – while also l eaving behind a long trail of exploitation and environmental damage. We’ ll finish in the present day\, where coffee farmers\, traders\, roasters a nd drinkers are all caught in a price and sustainability crisis that most café menus never mention. This is not a technical cupping or a barista wo rkshop. It’s the story behind the drink: how coffee shaped the modern wo rld\, and why its future is far less secure than we like to think.What we ’ll explore From forest to roast Where coffee plants grow\, how cherries become beans\, and why roasting is essential for flavour and chemistry. E thiopia\, Yemen and the birth of coffee culture How coffee moved from wild Ethiopian forests into cultivation in Yemen in the 1500s – and how the first coffee cultures emerged. Coffee houses and the first “third places ” The role of coffee in early global trade and how 17th-century coffee h ouses became centres of ideas\, finance and social change. Empire in a cup How colonial expansion spread coffee across the tropics\, and the human c ost of building a global addiction on forced labour and extractive systems . Brazil and industrial coffee Why Brazil became the powerhouse of coffee production\, and what industrial-scale coffee growing did [...] DTSTAMP:20261110T161543Z LOCATION:Alter Roter Löwe\, Richardstr. 31-32\, 12043 Berlin\, Alemania SUMMARY:The Story of Coffee X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Story of Coffee\nOverview ⏱️Schedule: Doors 18:30 → Talk 19:00→ Q&A → Mingle We drink it every day\, build our routines around it\, and many of us can’t start the morning without it – but most of us have very little idea what’s actually in our cup. In this live storytelling session\, audio journalist James Harper takes u s on a fast-paced journey through the full story of coffee: from wild plan ts in Ethiopian forests to colonial plantations\, from radical coffee hous es to global brands\, and into an uncertain\, climate-shaken future. Over one hour\, we’ll follow coffee as it moves across continents and centuri es – fuelling empires\, revolutions\, artistic scenes and office culture – while also leaving behind a long trail of exploitation and environmen tal damage. We’ll finish in the present day\, where coffee farmers\, tra ders\, roasters and drinkers are all caught in a price and sustainability crisis that most café menus never mention. This is not a technical cuppin g or a barista workshop. It’s the story behind the drink: how coffee sha ped the modern world\, and why its future is far less secure than we like to think.What we’ll explore From forest to roast Where coffee plants gro w\, how cherries become beans\, and why roasting is essential for flavour and chemistry. Ethiopia\, Yemen and the birth of coffee culture How coffee moved from wild Ethiopian forests into cultivation in Yemen in the 1500s – and how the first coffee cultures emerged. Coffee houses and the first “third places” The role of coffee in early global trade and how 17th- century coffee houses became centres of ideas\, finance and social change. Empire in a cup How colonial expansion spread coffee across the tropics\, and the human cost of building a global addiction on forced labour and ex tractive systems. Brazil and industrial coffee Why Brazil became the power house of coffee production\, and what industrial-scale coffee growing did [...] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR